Chapter 364 Gale Wings1

After this, Leo Ray and his entourage continued their search upwards within the white tower.

However, the other floors were all ordinary office areas.

Besides encountering numerous cobwebs and thick layers of dust, there were no other discoveries until the group arrived at the staircase leading to the top floor.

"Lord, judging from the architectural layout, the area on the top floor is completely closed off as an unknown space.

It is entirely different from the multi-layered atrium area we just passed through in the central part. Lord, please be cautious."

At this time, Taylor bowed slightly to Leo Ray.

"Understood. Let's see what kind of secret this distinct area at the top hides."

Hearing this, Leo Ray nodded to his subordinates surrounding him and took the first step.

Following the white marble staircase, they arrived at the entrance area of the White Tower's top floor.

The first thing they saw was a spacious and bright hall.

At a glance, the lavishly decorated hall had a row of withered and discolored potted plants and petrified winged people standing scattered around.

The cobwebs in the corners and floating dust on the exquisite wall sculptures all gave a sense of antiquity.

At the end of the hall was a giant metal double-leaf gate, even larger than the one they had encountered in the underground area.

Next, Taylor, whose energy surged and remained on alert, first bowed slightly to Leo Ray.

Then, he stepped forward and pushed open the metal doors.

As the doors creaked, a vast space unfolded before Leo Ray's eyes.

Escorted by his subordinates, Leo Ray entered and noticed that the top floor of the White Tower was also a cylindrical open space that connected to the lower half.

Moreover, the layout here was even more exceptional.

Unlike the honeycomb-like lower half with individual floors and rooms, this part was a single vast entity.

However, on the walls of this cylindrical space, there were over a hundred small, individual platforms distributed at varying heights and distances.

Each platform had a luxurious wooden chair.

And on each chair, either standing or sitting, was a winged person who had turned into a stone statue.

Upon close inspection, these winged people were generally older, mostly middle-aged and elderly.

Some stone statues had wide-open mouths and outstretched arms, passionately saying something, while others showed impatience, sitting with crossed legs and listening.

Yet others had their hands covering their heads, seemingly at a loss.

All these details revealed that there was a heated discussion or debate taking place at that time.

In summary, a single glance at these hundreds of winged statues scattered throughout this vast space revealed there were different forms.

It seemed like a silent play paused, leaving observers overwhelmed.

"Lord, this place should be the Elders Council of these winged people,"

After a moment of observation, Orion Wolfe stepped forward and said, "It seems that the Winged Race in this barrier area had encountered a challenging problem."

"Indeed, that seems to be the case," Bianca White chimed in, her ears twitching above her head.

She continued, "Many of them look flushed and excited. Even the Elders Council, which represents the highest authority of the entire race, was in such chaos.

From this, we can infer that there was indeed a significant event back then…"

Once we find a way to reverse the petrification, everything will become clear," Leo Ray gestured for his team to disperse and investigate while taking another step.

Next, as he slowly strolled through the long-sealed Winged People Elders Council, he began to think about the current situation.

It must be said that the barrier area of the Winged Race was too vast, and it would be a waste of time to explore it one by one with just their own group.

"Right, as this place is within the Mystara City Lord Mansion area,

it would be most appropriate to entrust Orion Wolfe's father, the City Lord Adams, with the thorough exploration. I should make arrangements for that later.

Of course, before that, I will need to recruit Adams under my banner, which will also bring the whole Mystara City under my control."

Upon realizing this, Leo Ray raised an eyebrow and continued to ponder: "Currently, I only have three Tier 2 Recruitment Orders that have not been upgraded this morning.

I do not have any available Tier 3 Recruitment Orders for use during the signing of the pact.

Since the probability of a Tier 2 Recruitment Order being directly upgraded to a Tier 4 Recruitment Order is slim,

and my next target is the Tier 4 Senior Powerhouse, Holy Light General Joshua, who is with Ariel Watson,

I am planning to save more and upgrade them altogether at once.

If I need a Tier 3 Recruitment Order to recruit Adams now, I should upgrade these three Tier 2 Recruitment Orders first."